Isolation, identification and antibiogram of coagulase negative staphylococcus (cons) isolated from various clinical samples at a Tertiary care Teaching Hospital, Jaipur, India

Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) comprise an ever-expanding group of bacteria whose medical importance has emerged in the past decades. They have become one of the most frequent nosocomial pathogens isolated from blood cultures, often in association with intravascular devices and as a cause of deep-seated prosthetic implant infections (Parameswaran et al., 2011).